EDUCATION

BFA 1979 / MFA 1982 San Francisco Art Institute, San Francisco, California.


AWARDS AND RESIDENCIES

2001

George A. and Eliza Gardner Howard Foundation Fellowship.

ELAN University Residency in conjunction with the Auckland Art Gallery, Auckland, New Zealand.

1999

Nominated for the Cal Arts/Alpert Award.

1995

Incorporating Gertrude Street Artists Spaces, Melbourne, Australia.

1990

National Endowment for the Arts. Individual Artist's Grant.

1989

Dejerassi Foundation, Artist-in-Residence Grant, Woodside, California.

1986

New Talent Award, Los Angeles County Museum of Art, Los Angeles, California.


ACADEMIC POSITIONS

2005-present

Artist in Residence, Columbia College, Chicago, Illinois.

2001-2004

Director of Graduate Programs, San Francisco Art Institute, San Francisco, California.

1996-2001

Director of Graduate Studies and Associate Professor, Washington University, St. Louis, Missouri.

1985-1996

Graduate Faculty, Art Center College of Design, Pasadena, California.

1995

Visiting Artist, Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology, Melbourne, Australia.

Visiting Artist, Anderson Ranch Arts Center, Snowmass Village, Colorado.

1990-1994

Visiting Faculty, California State University, Los Angeles, California.

1989

Visiting Artist, Claremont Graduate University, Claremont, California.


ART ORGANIZATION AFFILIATIONS

1997-2000

Critical Mass, St. Louis, Missouri, Co-Founder, Acting Member.

1994-1997

Los Angeles Contemporary Exhibitions, Los Angeles, California, Board of Directors.

1991-1998

Foundation for Art Resources, Los Angeles, California, Board of Advisors.

1989-1990

Coalition for Freedom for Expression.

1985-1987

Los Angeles Institute of Contemporary Art, Exhibitions Committee, Los Angeles, California.

1979-1981

Jetwave, Inc. San Francisco, California, Co-Founder.